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School: An Choill Mhór

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Cuilmore, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Frainc de Paor
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    If the rats leave a ship it is a sign that she will be lost.
    If the goats come down from the mountain there will be a storm.
    The house that has the first smoke on May morning will be short of butter that year.
    The moon and the weather may change together but the moon never changes the weather.
    When the worms are in a calf a worm knot is made with a string over the calf but if it is made wrong the beast will not improve.
    If one has a ringworm and goes to a seventh son he will be cured but the man has to leave his hand on the affected spot.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Frainc de Paor
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
    Múinteoir
    Informant
    Patrick O' Halloran
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    45
    Address
    Lecarrow, Co. Mayo